Be weary of the "really good" reviews - Economist FocusEconomics Employee Review

1.0
23 July 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Mostly young and smart people. Ironically, the managers are academically less qualified and it shows.

Cons

Be weary of several "really good" reviews posted on this site. Management is unscrupulous, they will do whatever it takes to trick people into joining this company despite the really low pay (1500 e gross). The review titled "Top notch talent, analysis...etc" is very clearly propaganda written by management, for example. There are other reviews like these that are fake. For example, in Cons, "perfectionism" is included. Please, that's like going into an interview and when asked what are your shortcomings you say that you are a perfectionist. Come on, that's a really lame way of trying to make yourself look good. Last but not least, the head of research is a sexist pig who gives special privileges to his mistress (one of his colleagues).

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2.0
22 Dec 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The colleagues are lovely, they truly are the best that Focus has.

Cons

Management is horrendous, there's no clear direction. Most of management has continuously discouraged any interesting development that the production team could be involved in, always shutting down suggestions even when the team had time and when the suggestions would have been beneficial for the company. They have actively said they are manipulative and they don't want to listen to anything that goes against their beliefs. Focus doesn't value their employees, and they promise growth but then they exclusively want production unit employees to be pressing buttons and only work on very routine tasks, which ends up burning people out quite fast. They do not pay well and have no intention of doing so, even when people go above and beyond. The only great thing they had was working from home with extreme flexibility, and they are taking that away by making people go to the office twice a week, with no replacement of the benefits that were lost. Run away if you can, this job is not worth the trouble.

1
3.0
13 Aug 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Working remotely at that time.

Cons

Salaries and group dynamics. People seemed frustrated.

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